Replicate Alternative in India | unoblox

Replicate lets you run open-source and custom models by the second of compute, packaged into containers you or someone else has built — flexible, and priced in a way that's genuinely hard to forecast against a rupee budget. unoblox trades that flexibility for simplicity: a curated catalog of open and frontier models, billed per token, in rupees.

How Replicate works

Models on Replicate run as containers, often built with Cog, and billed by the second of the hardware they occupy while running. That's a good fit for teams that need an unusual or fine-tuned model and are comfortable managing hardware selection and cold starts themselves.

Where the friction shows up for Indian teams

Per-second compute billing settles internationally, and forecasting a monthly bill means estimating both traffic and hardware-seconds rather than reading a straightforward per-token number off an invoice. Cold starts and hardware-type selection are also left to the user — reasonable for infrastructure-minded teams, extra overhead for a small one shipping a feature.

Per-token pricing you can actually forecast

Model	Input ₹ / 1M tokens	Output ₹ / 1M tokens
DeepSeek V4 Flash	₹9.07	₹18.14
Llama 4 Scout	₹10.08	₹30.24
Qwen3 235B-A22B	₹9.07	₹55.44
Qwen3 1.7B	Free (₹0)	Free (₹0)

Multiply the input and output rate by your expected monthly token volume and you have a budget line — no hardware-second estimate required.

Same request shape, no containers to manage

curl https://api.unoblox.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ub-gw-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-flash","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Draft a short product update."}]}'

There's no Cog file to write and no hardware type to pick — the endpoint above is the entire interface.

When Replicate is still the better fit

If your product genuinely depends on a specific fine-tuned or unusual open-source checkpoint that isn't already served anywhere else, Replicate's container model is the more flexible choice — that flexibility is the whole point of the product, and it's a fair one to reach for. unoblox is the better fit once you're working with a well-known model family and would rather pay a predictable, per-token rupee rate than manage hardware, cold starts and container builds yourself.

Frequently asked questions

Can I deploy my own fine-tuned model on unoblox, like on Replicate? Not today — unoblox serves a curated catalog of hosted models rather than arbitrary uploaded containers. See /models for what's currently available.

Do I need to choose or manage GPU hardware? No. Pricing and capacity are handled behind the endpoint; you send a request and get a response.

How is pricing actually calculated? Per token — input tokens you send and output tokens the model generates — not per second of compute.

Is there a free model to prototype with before committing budget? Yes, Qwen3 1.7B is free.

Does billing settle internationally, like Replicate's usage-based charges? No — unoblox usage is billed in rupees on one monthly GST invoice from an Indian entity.

What if I need a model that isn't in the current catalog? Check /models — new models are added over time, and it's the source of truth for what's live today.

Get started in rupees → https://unoblox.ai/sign-in